Paricalcitol and Peritoneal Protein Loss in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Double-Center Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Jerónimo ◽  
Anabela Malho Guedes ◽  
Gloria del Peso ◽  
Ana Paula Silva ◽  
Rafael Selgas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Protein Loss ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Center Study ◽  
Student’S T Test

Background/Aims: Peritoneal protein loss (PPL) is associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD). Controversial results have been published about the effect of paricalcitol in PPL among PD patients. This study intends to analyze the relationship between paricalcitol and PPL in PD. Methods: In a retrospective study, prevalent PD patients were divided into 2 groups: “with paricalcitol” and “without paricalcitol”. X2-test, Student’s t test, Pearson correlation coefficient and Logistic Regression analysis were applied. Results: Eighty-two patients were included. PPL was lower among patients medicated with paricalcitol (5.17 ± 1.71 vs. 6.79 ± 2.10 g/24 h, p = 0.0001). In multivariate analysis, paricalcitol and dialysate/plasma ratio of creatinine (D/P creatinine) were independently related to PPL (OR 4.270 [1.437–12.684], p = 0.009 and OR 0.205 [0.064–0.659], p = 0.008, respectively), adjusted for diabetes. Conclusion: Paricalcitol and D/P creatinine were independently related to PPL. Paricalcitol may have an effect on PPL in PD patients

scholarly journals Possibility to predict the development of secondary depression in primary alcoholics during abstinence

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 833-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordana Mandic-Gajic
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Withdrawal ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Cognitive Dysfunctions ◽  
Severity Of Depression ◽  
Primary Male ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Degrees Of Severity ◽  
Student’S T Test

Background/Aim. The relationship between alcoholism and depression is observed in clinical trials. The factors which could predict persistence of secondary depression after alcohol withdrawal are not enough explored on admission. The differences between depressed (DA) and non-depressed (NDA) alcoholics regarding the degrees of severity of withdrawal, severity of depression and the intensity of cognitive dysfunctions were explored on admission to investigate possibility of prediction of the development of secondary depression in alcoholics. Methods. A group of primary male alcoholics (n=86) was recruited during inpatient treatment. After 4 weeks alcoholics were divided in the DA group (n=43) and NDA (n=43) group according to the score on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D). Clinical assessment of withdrawal, scoring on the Alcohol Dependency Severity Scale- ASD, and scoring on the Mini Mental Scale-MMSE were performed in all the participants on admission. The differences between the groups were tested by the Student's t-test. Results. The DA group showed the significantly higher severity of depression, higher levels of alcohol withdrawal symptoms and cognitive dysfunctions than the NDA group on admission. Conclusion. The specific group of depressive alcoholics was shown to be characterized by the higher severity of alcoholism and depression on admission, which could predict prolonged, secondary depression. Early detection and concurrent therapy of secondary depression could improve the treatment, and reduce the relapse of alcoholism.

scholarly journals The unbiased estimation of r2 between two sets of noisy neural responses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Pospisil ◽  
Wyeth A Bair
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Unbiased Estimation ◽  
Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Neural Responses ◽  
Neural Data ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
The Relationship

The Pearson correlation coefficient squared, r2, is often used in the analysis of neural data to estimate the relationship between neural tuning curves. Yet this metric is biased by trial-to-trial variability: as trial-to-trial variability increases, measured correlation decreases. Major lines of research are confounded by this bias, including the study of invariance of neural tuning across conditions and the similarity of tuning across neurons. To address this, we extend the estimator, r̂2ER, developed for estimating model-to-neuron correlation to the neuron-to-neuron case. We compare the estimator to a prior method developed by Spearman, commonly used in other fields but widely overlooked in neuroscience, and find that our method has less bias. We then apply our estimator to the study of two forms of invariance and demonstrate how it avoids drastic confounds introduced by trial-to-trial variability.

scholarly journals Influences of Participation Motivation and Satisfaction of Nursing Students on Continuance Willingness of Voluntary Activities

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-423
Author(s):  
Ya Ki Yang
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Participation Motivation ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: This study was done to examine the relationship between participation motivation, satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities of nursing students, and to identify factors influencing continuance willingness of voluntary activities. Methods: The research participants were 175 nursing students in the nursing departments of 3 universities located in G city and J province in Korea. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Results: Participants' scores for participation motivation, satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities were $3.24{pm}0.76$, $3.11{pm}0.83$ and $3.03{pm}0.85$ respectively. Participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities had positive correlations. Satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities had positive correlations. Factors influencing nursing students' continuance willingness of voluntary activities included participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities. And these variables explained 74% of the variance in continuance willingness of voluntary activities. Conclusion: The findings show that development and application of educational programs to increase participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities are important and will improve nursing students' continuance willingness of voluntary activities.

scholarly journals Sports potential modeling of young basketball players: a preliminary analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilson Borges Ribeiro Junior ◽  
Jeferson Macedo Vianna ◽  
André de Assis Lauria ◽  
Emerson Filipino Coelho ◽  
Francisco Zacaron Werneck
Keyword(s):  
Adult Height ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Student’S T Test ◽  
Adult Stature

Abstract The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate the sports potential of young basketball players; 2) to identify variables that discriminate sports potential assessed by coaches; 3) to verifythe relationship between classification of the multidimensional profile of athletes and classification of the sports potential by coaches. Sixty-two young basketball players aged 15.6±1.1 years from U-15 (n = 24) and U-17 (n = 38) categories participated in the study. A test battery was applied to evaluate sports potential indicators: 1) anthropometric; 2) physicomotor; 3) psychological;4) skills;5) socio-environmental;6) maturational and 7) sports potential.Clusteranalysis was performed in three groups: high, medium and low potential. Student’s t-test was used for the comparison between athletes evaluated by the coach as excellent and the others and the Chi-Square test to verify the relationship between sports potential classifications. It was observed that in the high-potential group, athletes were chronologically older, with higher % predicted adult height (PMS), competitive and determined sports orientation, higher body size, lower skinfold summation, and greater physicomotor performance. In comparison with other athletes, high-potential basketball players presented higher stature, wider wingspan,longer limb length, greater predicted adult stature and higher Z score of the % PMS. It could be concluded that the multidimensional approach was useful for the evaluation of the sports potential of young basketball players, requiring the use of multidimensional variables, in addition to coaches’ opinion regarding the potential of their athletes.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEADERSHIP IN STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
K.M. Mukusheva ◽  
◽  
N.S. Tlenchieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Experimental Part ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines emotional intelligence and its relationship with leadership, one of the most striking, unusual phenomena in modern psychological science. Emotional intelligence and leadership skills are important for students, as this affects such important aspects of the personality as future life, professional orientation, and the communication field. The article is based on the works of Daniel Goleman on the relationship between emotional intelligence and a person's desire to achieve their goals and is devoted to the study of these theories on the example of students in Kazakhstan. The article provides a scientific overview of the concepts of leadership and emotional intelligence in general and presents the results of empirical research conducted using special techniques. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used for summing up the results of the study and mathematical and statistical analysis of the relationship. The experimental part of this work is of practical value.

The Relationship Between COVID-19 (Cases and Deaths) and Stock Markets

2021 ◽  
pp. 323-341
Author(s):  
Paulo Ferreira ◽  
Éder Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second Wave

The numbers of COVID-19 increase daily, both confirmed cases and deaths. All over the world, shock waves are felt with impacts on economies in general and the financial sector in particular. Aiming to assess the relationship between confirmed cases and deaths and the behaviour of stock markets, the authors perform a dynamic analysis, based on the Pearson correlation coefficient, for 10 of the most affected countries in the world. As expected, they find evidence that the number of COVID-19 cases had a negative effect on stock markets, and that the current second wave is penalizing them. They also find that deaths have a more relevant impact than the number of confirmed cases.

scholarly journals Clarifying the two facets of Self-Oriented Perfectionism: influences on affect and the Big Five traits of personality in children

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-289
Author(s):  
María Vicent ◽  
Cándido J. Inglés ◽  
Ricardo Sanmartín ◽  
Carolina Gonzálvez ◽  
María del Pilar Aparicio-Flores ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Big Five Traits ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Student’S T Test

This study analyses the relationship between the perfectionism dimensions, i.e. Self-Oriented Perfectionism-Critical (SOP-C) and Self-Oriented Perfectionism-Striving (SOP-S), and affect and the Big Five traits of personality in a sample of 804 Spanish students aged 8 to 11 (M  = 9.57; DE = 1.12). Student’s t test, Cohen’s d index and logistic regression analysis were used. The high SOP-C group scored significantly higher than their peers having low SOP-C on Negative Affect and Neuroticism, and lower on Positive Affect, Agreeableness, Consciousness and Openness to Experience. To the contrary, students with high SOP-S scored significantly higher on all adaptive dimensions (i.e. Positive Affect, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Consciousness and Openness to Experience), and lower on Negative Affect and Neuroticism. Effect sizes were small for most of statistically significant differences. These findings were also supported by regression analysis. Results are discussed in light of the debate on the adaptive or maladaptive nature of Self-Oriented Perfectionism.

scholarly journals Food Markets: A Motivation-Based Segmentation of Tourists

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Mᵃ Castillo-Canalejo ◽  
Sandra Mᵃ Sánchez-Cañizares ◽  
Luna Santos-Roldán ◽  
Guzmán Antonio Muñoz-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Branding Strategies ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
Student’S T Test

Food markets are becoming popular as new spaces for recreation, and this research aims to discover the motivations driving the tourists that visit these markets. Factorial analysis, cluster analysis and Student’s t-test were applied on 456 surveys from two food markets in Córdoba (Spain). Three motivational factors were obtained: Gastronomic experience and novelty; hedonism and leisure; and the relationship of the experience with work. Segmenting and analyzing the profile of the tourist may help economic agents develop new strategies for the tourism management of a destination and more accurate marketing and branding strategies that target specific customers with a niche message. The study could help develop products that align with tourists’ motives to increase satisfaction and loyalty.

scholarly journals Empathy and Personality Styles in Medical Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Yolanda Dávila Pontón ◽  
Alejandro Reyes Reyes ◽  
Aracelis Calzadilla Núñez ◽  
Víctor Patricio Díaz Narváez ◽  
Robert Utsman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Personality Styles ◽  
Empathy Scale ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Student’S T Test

This study aimed to establish the relationship between empathy and personality styles in medical students, considering the differences by gender. The participants were 278 students of the medical career of the Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador. They were evaluated using the Jefferson empathy scale and the Millon Index of Personality Styles. Relationships between empathy and personality styles were examined using Pearson's correlation coefficient and hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis, for comparisons by gender and educational levels; with both Student's t test and analysis of variance used respectively. Results indicated that the factor structure of the empathy scale is invariant between men and women, noticing gender differences in care with compassion and total empathy, with women presenting a higher mean. Differences are observed by educational level, where the general empathy in the first three years grows progressively, and then slightly decrease. In conclusion,  female students present a mean score of total empathy greater than men, with differences of empathy according to educational level

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